Regional and global cloud
ice waterpath (IWP) derived from NOAA polar orbiting
satellites.By selecting products from
the home page, then select today or yesterday then the NOAA satellite and
IWP.

Cloud Liquid water,
Global and Regional

Regional and global cloud
liquid water (CLW) derived from NOAA polar orbiting satellites.By selecting products from the home page,
then select today or yesterday then the NOAA satellite and CLW.

Cloud Top Height,
Global

Convective and high cloud
top in thousands of feet based on global multi-satellite infrared
data and the NOGAPS analysis, also available are Atlantic
and Pacific basin zooms. Up to 16 frame multi-image mosaic also available.

The rain
rate product from SSM/I is a measurement of the rainfall intensity
over the Earth's surface. Indeterminate data can result from the polar ice
caps or certain areas in the Sahara desert.
This product is updated every four hours.Can click on area of image to zoom in.

Precipitation, Tropical
Storm Rainfall Potemtial

Tropical Rainfall
Potential Product (TRAP) derivedfrom AMSU data with current rain rate and forecast 24 hour
accumulation and storm positions.Access TRAP from the left banner on the CIRA AMSU page.

For other rainfall products
derived for tropical storms see Tropical
Storms below.

GOES Sounder
Products (TPW, Atmospheric Stability, ozone) over the United States
and adjacent Coastal Waters are available from the CIMSS real-time GOES
page.Most products are available as
pictures or animations.

Total Precipitable

Water, Global

(Over water only)

Current image or
animation of Global near real-time blended AMSU and SSM/Itotal precipitable
water.Animation is at 6 hourly
intervals for about the past six days.For animations click on Blended TPW Animation on left banner – this is
an excellent product for a variety of training and analysis applications.

Total Precipitable

Water, Regional

(Over water only)

Regional and global total precipitable water derived from NOAA polar
orbiting satellites.By selecting
products from the home page, then select today or yesterday then the NOAA
satellite and TPW.

Water vapor products are
available from the “Sounding Products from GOES” and “Total Precipitable Water” products above. For animations, see
Polar water vapor motions from “Winds, Arctic
…” below or geostationary water vapor channel animations from Satellite Imagery on the home.page.

Winds, Arctic and Antarcticregions

This page provides near
real-time plots of winds over the polar regions
derived from the AVHRR on-board the NOAA-15, -16, and -17 satellites or from
the MODIS instrument on the Terra and Aqua satellites.

Winds, tropical and
mid-latitude global

Cloud and Water Vapor
Motion winds over
various regions from geostationary hosted at NRL but from CIMSS.Other presentations along with derived
fields are available from left side banner the CIMSS tropical
cyclone page.

Land Surface

Fires –polar orbiting
satellites, globalmorning and
afternoon

Fires from
MODIS imager (Terra, morning, Aqua afternoon).Fires appear as red dots in the
imagery.The thumbnail to the right
shows is a portion of a 2 km MODIS granule showing fires.Select a day from the calendar on the
sites home page, then desired MODIS area (granule).

Fires- geostationary
coverage at frequent intervals

Derived at frequent
intervals over North, CentralandSouth
America from GOES for both large area (thumbnail) and regional
sectors at 4 km resolution using the ABBA. Available as single image or as 12 hour
animations; archive is available. Regional sector loops are also excellent
for viewing cloud animations at 4 km resolution.

Snow cover, Global

Global
land snow cover from MODIS, Can specify
either single day or time period (in year and Julian day format).Click on an area in the global image to
pop-up a 5km-resolution close-up of that region and other information.

The snow
depth product from SSM/I measures the depth of recently accumulated
dry snow. Snowfall amounts in excess of 40 cm are considered erroneous. This
product is updated once per day at 4
am EST.

Soil moisture, Global

The soil
moisture product from SSM/I gives the percentage of moisture for the
land regions. Values in excess of 70 percent are considered erroneous. This
product is updated once per day at 4
am EST.Click on a region
to zoom in,

Surface Type

The globalsurface
type product from SSM/I describes the environment-type of the land
regions. See the legend below the product to identify the environment-types.
Indeterminate data can be the result of certain warm regions in the Sahara or
Australia.
This product is updated once per day at 4
am EST.Click on a region
to zoom in.The regional ABBA fire
site above has as background AVHRR surface type
for its products.

Surface Reflectance

Daily or 8-day
composite from MODIS.Click on an
area in the global image to pop-up a 5km-resolution close-up of that region
and other information

Temperature, Global Land
Surface

This global
surface temperatureproduct from SSM/I measures the temperature at
the surface in land regions. Indeterminate data can be a result of snow, ice,
and water covered areas, and certain warm regions of the Sahara and Australia.
This product is updated every 4 hours.Regional close up by clicking on area of image.

Temperature, LocalAreaLand
surface

Near real time high
resolution surface (land or sea) temperature products are available from MODIS.Not cloud cleared.Select day from the calendar on the sites
home page, then desired MODIS area then LST from left banner.

Vegetation Health

Vegetation
health indexfrom NOAA AVHRR.Boxes can be accessed at higher resolution.Comparisons can be made with previous
periods.

Vegetation Normalized
Derived Vegetation Index (NDVI)

NDVI from
MODIS imager (Terra, morning, or Aqua afternoon).MODIS NDVI is available from 250 meters to
4 km.Select day from the calendar on
the sites home page, then desired MODIS areathen NDVI from left banner.

Sea Surface

Multi Product
Site:Products from a variety of
satellites for Ocean Surface Winds, Sea Surface Temperature and Ocean Color
may be seen on NOAA’s Coast Watch site

The CoastWatchprovides access to satellite ocean remote
sensing data and products for a selected geographic regions.
Multiple products, sensors and satellites may be selected and dates may be
entered manually or by using the pop-up calendars. Simply follow the
instructions on the page and select the appropriate product or products.

WindsSST

Color

Altimetry

(sea level anomaly)

Various
products from satellite altimeters include the ability to select
global analysis, as thumb nail to right

Color

Ocean
color derived from MODIS for the large PacificBasin,
including Chlorophyll-a (shown in thumbnail) as well as selected close-up
sectors

El Nino and La Nina

This
site provides answers to basic questions such as: What are La Nina
and El Nino; Frequently asked questions and impacts of El Nino.It also describes current conditions that
include current information and forecasts as well as real time data and
products, including satellite data.

Ice concentration,
Global

Theice
concentration product from SSM/I measures the percentage contcentration of ice over the oceans. Values exceeding
100 percent are considered erroneous. This product is updated once per day at
4 am EST.Click on a region to zoom in.

Ice, Global

DailySea Ice
from MODIS.This global product may
be a few days old, and the request format is in year and Julian day (there
is a Julian day calendar on the request form).Click on an area in the global image to
pop-up a 5km-resolution close-up of that region and other information.

Temperature, local
areas SST

Near real time high
resolution surface (land or sea) temperature products from MODIS.Not cloud cleared but when used with the
global SST product below can provide valuable insight into mesoscale SST.Select day from the calendar on the sites home page, then desired
MODIS area then LST from left banner. Also see CoastWatch
site referenced above.

The wind
speed product from SSM/I is a measurement of the wind speed over the
oceans. Indeterminate data in the product below usually results from the
inability to take accurate measurements from the polar ice caps and areas of
rainfall. This product is updated every four hours, and may be clicked on for
a zoom in sector.

Wind Velocity (speed
and direction), Ocean surface

Global Winds from QUIKScat.Scroll
down after accessing page and click on desired area of quikscat
pass for 12.5 km resolution winds
from either ascending or descending orbits.Also see CoastWatch site referenced to
above.